Swaddling Songs

Swaddling Songs

Infobox Album
Name = Swaddling Songs
Type = studio
Artist = Mellow Candle


Released = start date|1972|4
Recorded = start date|1971|12
Genre = folk rock, progressive folk
Length = 42:57
Label = Deram Records
Producer = David Hitchcock
Reviews = *All Music Guide rating|4|5 [http://wc08.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:3zfrxqwhldke link]
Last album =
This album = "Swaddling Songs"
(1972)
Next album =
Misc = Singles
Name = Swaddling Songs
Type = album
single 1 = Silversong

"Swaddling Songs" is the only studio album released by Irish progressive folk band Mellow Candle.

Track listing

#"Heaven Heath" (Alison Williams) – 3:00
#"Sheep Season" (Clodagh Simonds, A. Williams, David Williams) – 5:01
#"Silversong" (Simonds) – 4:26
#"The Poet and the Witch" (Simonds) – 2:51
#"Messenger Birds" (A. Williams) – 3:38
#"Dan the Wing" (Simonds) – 2:45
#"Reverend Sisters" (Simonds) – 4:21
#"Break Your Token" (Simonds) – 2:27
#"Buy or Beware" (D. Williams) – 3:04
#"Vile Excesses" (D. Williams, William Murray) – 3:14
#"Lonely Man" (Simonds) – 4:30
#"Boulders on My Grave" (Simonds) – 3:40

Bonus tracks

The CD re-issue includes the following as bonus tracks: -

#"Feeling High" (Simonds) – 2:23
#"Tea with the Sun" (Simonds) – 3:18

These tracks were the original single and B-side released by the young band in 1968.

ingle

The track "Silversong" was released as a single with "Dan the Wing" as B-side. The song was also later covered by All About Eve.

Personnel

*Clodagh Simonds – lead vocals, backing vocals, piano, harpsichord, mellotron
*Alison Williams – lead vocals, backing vocals
*David Williams – guitar, backing vocals
*Frank Boylan – bass guitar, backing vocals
*William Murray - drums, percussion

Recording

*David Hitchcock – producer
*Derek Varnals – engineer
*Kevin Fuller – engineer

Versions

*Vinyl LP (Deram, 1972)
*Vinyl LP ADLP1040 (ACME Gramophone Company, 2004)
*CD ADCD1040 (ACME Gramaphone Company, 2004)

References

Liner notes to CD ADCD1040 (ACME Gramophone Company, 2004)


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